Tour de Suisse, stage 3 summary
 

Stage 3 : June 16, 2014, Sarnen - Heiden, 203 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 5.22.09
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge
3 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
9 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Jaco Venter
+34 Juan Jose Lobato
+33 Jaroslaw Marycz
+33 Daniele Ratto
+31 Sebastien Minard
+29 Maximilian Richeze
+29 Daniele Bennati
+29 Alexander Kristoff
+28 Warren Barguil
+28 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio

Biggest losers by position :
-96 Philip Deignan
-75 Cameron Meyer
-64 Rohan Dennis
-61 Simon Clarke
-43 Bradley Wiggins
-42 Manuele Boaro
-40 Nino Schurter
-39 Patrick Gretsch
-31 Sacha Modolo
-29 Fabian Cancellara
-28 Julian Kern

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:05 Thibaut Pinot
+0:05 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+0:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+0:05 Roman Kreuziger
+0:05 Peter Sagan
+0:05 Michael Albasini
+0:05 Mathias Frank
+0:05 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:05 Davide Formolo
+0:05 Cadel Evans

Biggest losers by time :
-15:20 Andrea Palini
-15:20 Bjorn Thurau
-15:20 Fabian Cancellara
-15:20 Gert Steegmans
-15:20 Jerome Baugnies
-15:20 Jimmy Engoulvent
-15:20 Jonas Van Genechten
-15:20 Julian Kern
-15:20 Kenny Dehaes
-15:20 Laurent Mangel
-15:20 Mark Renshaw

Favourites by position :
+20 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+20 Cadel Evans
+10 Thibaut Pinot
+9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+9 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+8 Laurens ten Dam
+6 Roman Kreuziger
+6 Mathias Frank
+2 Christophe Riblon
+1 Bauke Mollema
-43 Bradley Wiggins
-75 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
+0:05 Thibaut Pinot
+0:05 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+0:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+0:05 Roman Kreuziger
+0:05 Mathias Frank
+0:05 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:05 Cadel Evans
+0:05 Bauke Mollema
-2:20 Bradley Wiggins
-12:42 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 10:44:34 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Peter Sagan 0:14 (was 4th at 0:19)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:17 (was 5th at 0:22)
5 Tom Jelte Slagter 0:23 (was 6th at 0:23)
6 Davide Formolo 0:27 (was 12th at 0:32)
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti 0:27 (was 8th at 0:27)
8 Roman Kreuziger 0:28 (was 14th at 0:33)
9 Mathias Frank 0:29 (was 15th at 0:34)
10 Mattia Cattaneo 0:29 (was 9th at 0:29)
.....
13 Thibaut Pinot 0:35 (was 23rd at 0:40)
.....
15 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:36 (was 24th at 0:41)
16 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:37 (was 25th at 0:42)
17 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:38 (unchanged)
.....
19 Christophe Riblon 0:39 (was 21st at 0:39)
.....
23 Laurens ten Dam 0:44 (was 31st at 0:44)
.....
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:51 (was 45th at 0:56)
26 Cadel Evans 0:51 (was 46th at 0:56)
.....
56 Bradley Wiggins 2:52 (was 13th at 0:32)
.....
97 Cameron Meyer 13:21 (was 22nd at 0:39)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 41 (was 1st with 16 points)
2 Michael Albasini 20 (was 0 points)
3 Bauke Mollema 19 (was 11th with 6 points)
4 Tony Martin 17 (was 2nd with 15 points)
5 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 16 (was 0 points)
6 Cameron Meyer 15 (was 3rd with 15 points)
7 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 4th with 12 points)
8 Philip Deignan 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
9 Cadel Evans 11 (was 0 points)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 10 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bjorn Thurau 60 (was 1st with 52 points)
2 Reto Hollenstein 37 (was 2nd with 36 points)
3 Lawrence Warbasse 28 (unchanged)
4 Philip Deignan 24 (unchanged)
5 Nino Schurter 12 (was 0 points)
6 Cameron Meyer 11 (was 5th with 11 points)
7 Martin Kohler 8 (was 0 points)
8 Laurent Didier 8 (was 0 points)
9 Danilo Wyss 8 (was 0 points)
10 Steven Kruijswijk 6 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 2
Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 2
Total retirements : 6


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